Jacob was a dirt poor farm boy
raised at the fork in the road, in a clapboard house
and Rachel was a land baron's daughter
for Rachel to waste her life with a common man
He tried hard to keep them apart
but you can't draw lines, in a young girl's heart
So late one night by the harvest moon
Jacob climbed a ladder up to Rachel's room
He knew his place, it was right beside her
step by step, up to her world
head over heels for his brown eyed girl
and gettin' caught didn't seem to matter
'cause heaven was waitin' at the top of Jacob's ladder.
It'll be five years september
since her daddy found a ladder
and a note on her window sill
He swore he'd never forgive them
but nothin' melts a heart like a grandchild will
Now she climbs up on his knee
says "Grampa tell the story; the one about me"
B-
says listen child, once upon a time
Late one night by the harvest moon
your daddy climbed a ladder to your momma's room
He knew his place, it was right beside her
Step by step, up to her world
head over heals for my little girl
and here you are, that's all that matters
B- E
E B- E
Oh, and an angel was waitin' at the top of Jacob's Ladder